Territoriality and loss of daily benefits abroad

ATA/299/1995Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJun 13, 1995

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Omnilex summary

The decision concerns social insurance daily allowances and the territoriality principle. The court holds that an insured person who travels abroad is no longer entitled to payment of daily benefits. The matter turns on the geographical limitation of entitlement rather than on the existence of incapacity for work itself.

Omnilex headnote

Principe de la territorialité; indemnités journalières et séjour à l'étranger: l’assuré qui se rend à l’étranger perd le droit au paiement des indemnités journalières. Le droit aux prestations en espèces liées à l’incapacité de travail est territorialement limité; la sortie du territoire fait cesser l’exigibilité des prestations, sans qu’il soit nécessaire d’examiner plus avant l’incapacité elle-même.

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; AM; PRINCIPE DE LA TERRITORIALITE; ETAT ETRANGER; INCAPACITE DE TRAVAIL

Normes

LPA.89 D

Résumé

En application du principe de la territorialité, celui qui se rend à l'étranger n'a plus droit au paiement des indemnités journalières.

Keywords

social insuranceterritorialitydaily allowancesabroadincapacity for work

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the principle of territoriality bars payment of daily sickness or incapacity allowances while the insured person is abroad.

Extracted holding

Under the territoriality principle, a person who goes abroad no longer has a right to receive daily allowances.

Extracted reasoning

The court applies the territoriality principle to benefits linked to incapacity for work and treats presence abroad as excluding continued payment.

Territoriality and loss of daily benefits abroadAI generated